Lost Camera

Our camera has disappeared! I have no idea where it is, or when exactly we lost it.  The last pictures we removed from it were from mid-January or so... :(  I feel like I'm missing out on "kodak moments" with Aislynn.  Every day I'm saying to myself "Man, I wish we had our camera to take a picture of her right now".  I could use the camera-phones, but the memory is full.  I could get out the video camera, but I think the battery is dead & not sure where the charger is... coulda-woulda-shoulda!
I'm seriously debating going out & buying a cheap dig camera from Walmart. 

Not much new going on except that Aislynn clapped 2 days ago :) She's been clasping her hands together, but actually did a "clap" or two during the day.  Haven't seen it since. 

Last night was a rough night.  Aislynn has had a mild fever for a couple days.  Doc said she may be getting a cold - but not to worry.  Her fever spiked in the middle of the night & she started having little convulsions (more like body flinches) every  few minutes or so for about 15-20 mins.  I can't type out all the details w/out getting sad... it was so hard to watch... my precious baby going through that. Ugh.  Thankfully after 4 hours of calming & cooling her down - we fell back to sleep around 5:30 am.  (rough day).  She's been fine today and her happy self which is all I care about.  Doc says that can happen when the fever gets high.  And, rough day at work - I'm just ready for this week to be over.

So - hopefully we'll find our camera, or find a cheap replacement so I can capture the cuteness!  My baby girl is getting so big.  When we took her to the Doc Monday, she was 19 lbs.  Doc said to expect a tooth by the end of the week (it's been 10 months in the making).  I have a feeling it's going to be a pretty darn good tooth!

Standing tall...

STAND:  A couple weeks ago, Aislynn pulled herself up.  The next day, she did it more and more.  The next day - she's a pro.  By the end of the week, that's ALL she wanted to do, was to stand and bounce.  (She actually refused to sleep b/c she just wanted to stand.  We were nervous with her letting go & falling back)  We lowered her crib all the way down - and now when she pulls up, she scales the perimeter of her crib.  She also does this in the pack & play - she cruises around real good now.   She's back to sleeping now - but that first week, it was like she was spider-man or something.

SIGN:  On 1/27 Aislynn did her FIRST sign.  She signed "milk".  We've been signing to her for the past 5 months, even though we knew she wouldn't understand for awhile.  So before I nurse her, I lay her down (she knows she's about to eat so she gets a little anxious) and I do the sign for milk (Michael does same thing before he gives her a bottle).  Well, I laid her down last night, did the sign for milk - she started whining a little and then signed "milk" w/ her left hand! YAY! It will be neat to see her learn the other signs soon.

Other things she's doing over the past few weeks:

• She leans and reaches now for us... (or leans and throws her body forward when she wants to go down)
• She scrunches her nose and kinda does a fast "air-laugh" all the time... usually at the dog, or when something is funny.
• She crawls very tall on hands & knees (and faster) - no more army crawling
• She says "ny-ny-ny" or "nine-nine-nine" when she wants milk (or when she wants to eat)
• She always smacks her lips when she sees us eating, or when she's about to eat
• She is in size 3 diapers now (as of 2 weeks ago)
• 1/26 she tried a little bit of formula for the first time (Baby's Only).  (mommy's running low) It's been a long 10 months of pumping at work - but the goal is to make it to 12 months, so we're almost there! 
•  She cruises around her crib, pack & play, or climbs on top of her toys, chest or scales the wall
• She's starting to try & clap, she'll swing her arms and clasp her hands together, but not quite clapping yet
• She just started making different noises and combination of sounds - hard to describe
• She weighed 18 pounds last week
• She's just moved down to one bottle during the day (3 times getting milk a day
• Still NO TEETH but teething hard... they are coming!

Hard to believe she is 10 months old now.  I'm already starting to plan her birthday. I miss my newborn, my 2 month old, my 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 month old!  Each day brings something new.  My favorite thing so far... the big smile she gets on her face when I walk through the door.

Here she is eating spaghetti for the first time (well, 2nd time) but the first time feeding it to herself.  Gotta bring out the Italian in her.

Valentines day is coming up and it will be Michael and I's official 7 year anniversary.  I'm looking forward to celebrating it as a family :)